Stephen Hawking and co-author Leonard Mlodinow state in their book, The Grand Design, that it is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God. (citation needed)
the abacus should be brought back into schools, not saying they should replace calculators. but after you are proficient with it you can multiply/divide/subtract/add up to five digit numbers in your head